Re: gEDA-user: Stuck on magnetic nets
Collin, with snap to grid not set to "R" and the lines and pins lining up, I won't need the magnetic net as much. I agree, it often short cuts to the point of making routing other lines hard or even making false net connections. I had not thought of holding down CRTL while zooming in to get it to use the new pixel spacing. I will try that later. Now the problem is getting pcb to accept the output of gsch2pcb. It fails the very first element. Last years pcb files started with all the letters and number, then with elements with the name and value on the first line. This year, the output from gsch2pcb jumps straight to elements, and this one fails around its third line: Element(0x00 "" "" "" 600 0 0 100 0x00) ( Pin(150 300 60 50 "1" 0x101) Pin(450 300 60 50 "2" 0x01) ElementArc(300 300 300 300 0 360 10) ElementLine(-60 300-20 300 10) ElementLine(-40 280 -40 320 10) ElementLine(620 300 660 300 10) Mark (150 300) ).fp(RCY300P.fp,C3,10uF) Mike -- Burn the Land, Boil the Sea, You can't take the SKY from me! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Stuck on magnetic nets
On Sun, 8 May 2011 13:57:33 -0700 Mike Bushroe wrote: > I just started up again using gschem after a long break, and was > surprised to see a new feature called magnet net. I general, it was > great, but it also caused problems. I started with probably an > undersized title block, and the page rapidly got stuffed with just a > 40 pin ATMega and 3 L293 motor drivers. I had the lines spaced very > close, and the magnet net would not let me pick which pin or line to > connect to when they were closely spaced. Also, if the line was very > close to the pin, it would reject the line altogether. I tried > turning it off, and then nothing would connect. Lines were not on the > same grid spacing as the pins, and it was really tough making gschem > accept a net connection. You may already know this, but you can turn off the new magnetic net feature with 'om' or Options | Toggle Magnetic Net. I always turn it off because even when it chooses the correct target node, the path it chooses often causes incorrect connections by inadvertently hitting another pin on the way! It's a clever idea but it doesn't work at all for me. Regards, Colin ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Stuck on magnetic nets
Mike Bushroe wrote: > In short, is there a way to reduce the 'radius' of the magnet net for > tight spacing? If I remember correctly, you have to change the source and recompile. But others may know better and help me out. There are two work-arounds: a) press CTRL to temporarily disable magnetic mode. b) zoom in. The magnetic distance is a fixed number of pixels on the screen. When zoomed in, the wrong goals tend to lie behind the horizon of the magnetic heuristics. Hope, that helps. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Stuck on magnetic nets
I just started up again using gschem after a long break, and was surprised to see a new feature called magnet net. I general, it was great, but it also caused problems. I started with probably an undersized title block, and the page rapidly got stuffed with just a 40 pin ATMega and 3 L293 motor drivers. I had the lines spaced very close, and the magnet net would not let me pick which pin or line to connect to when they were closely spaced. Also, if the line was very close to the pin, it would reject the line altogether. I tried turning it off, and then nothing would connect. Lines were not on the same grid spacing as the pins, and it was really tough making gschem accept a net connection. In short, is there a way to reduce the 'radius' of the magnet net for tight spacing? Mike -- Burn the Land, Boil the Sea, You can't take the SKY from me! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
